Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Chipman, A. B. 1867 -
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)
A. B. CHIPMAN.
The enterprising agriculturist is the factor who plays the most conspicuous
part in the records of a state or nation, and really furnishes the groundwork
upon which all other classes of citizens stand. West Creek township of Lake
county has long been noted for the excellence of its soil and the worth of its
farm lands when properly cultivated, and one might travel all through the
township and not find a farmstead which he could more easily pronounce a model
in all respects than that owned by Mr. A. B. Chipman. He is not an old resident
of Lake county, but makes up in enterprise and public-spirited interest in local
affairs what he lacks in length of citizenship, so that he and his worthy family
hold high rank in the esteem of their friends and associates.
Mr. Chipman was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, November 20, 1867, being
a son of Ansel B. and Laura (Sanger) Chipman, six of whose children are still
living. His father was a native of Canada and of English descent. He was born
about 1820, and died when sixty-eight years old, having spent his active life in
farming pursuits. He left Canada when a young man and came to the United States,
where he was married. He owned a farm in Yellowhead township, Kankakee county,
and he passed away in that township. In politics he was a stanch Republican. His
wife was born in the state of Ohio, and is still living at the age of
seventy-one years, bearing the weight of years with singular brightness. She
makes her home with her children, whose homes are always open with filial love
to receive her.
Mr. A. B. Chipman made the beginning of his active career with very little
capital. He received a common school education, but is in the main a
self-educated and self-trained man. From his own early experience it has become
his ambition to give his own children as good an education as is possible.
He made his home with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, and on
December 29, 1888, he was married to Miss Laura E. Kelsey. Of this happy
marriage there are three children, one son and two daughters: Mildred has
received her diploma for completing the eighth grade of school and has taken
instrumental music; Edith has also completed the eighth grade and has taken
musical instruction; and Albert, the son, has reached the fifth grade of school.
The children are very bright in their studies, and their parents may be very
proud of their auspicious start in life. Mrs. Chipman is a native of Kankakee
county, Illinois, and was born October 27, 1864. She was educated in the public
schools and was a teacher in Illinois for one term. She also had an excellent
training in music and taught that art for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Chipman began their married life as renters in Kankakee county,
where they remained some four or five years. Mrs. Chipman had forty acres in her
own right, and they afterward purchased eighty acres. They continued with
increasing success in Kankakee county for four years. In 1900 they purchased the
beautiful farm known as the A. Brannon estate, from William Brannon, located
just two miles from the prosperous town of Lowell, and the farm is convenient to
business, markets and the schools. The farm contains two hundred and forty acres
of as fine land as there is in West Creek township. The cosy and comfortable
residence and the convenient outbuildings are also among the best to be found in
the township. The land is fairly well tiled, and this work of improvement is
still progressing, Mr. Chipman having placed about ten thousand tiles during
1903 and 1904. Mr. Chipman is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote for
Benjamin Harrison. He has been selected as a delegate from his township to
represent his party.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY
1834—1904
A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.
REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904
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